Air-cooling shield for motor cycles



F. B. SCHREIBEB. AFR C'OOLING SHIELD FOR MOTOR CYCLES. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14.11920,

l-Am amo Patented Apr. 111, 1922.

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for Motor Cycles,

cooled andthat when a plurality air away fromthe rear cylinders.

FRANCIS B. SGHREIBER, OF..H;A'RVEY, ILLINOIS.

AIR COOLING SHIELD .FOR MOTOR. CYCLES.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 11,1922.

Application filed January 14, 1920. 'Seria1,No.'351,514.

To all whom z'tmay concern:

Be it known that L'FRANOIS'B.:SCHREIBER, a citizen of the UnitedrStates, residing at in'the county-of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and usefullmprovement in Air-Cooling Shields of which the following'is a full, clear, concise,zand exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

Mv, invention relates to motorcycles and .more particularly to air cooling shields for "motorcycles.

It is an object of tllGlllVGIltlOIl to provide air cooling shields for a motorcycle having two or more cylinders. It is well known that the cylinders of motorcycles are air of cylinders. are'used,.the cylinders are arranged in a'row extending'from front to rear on the motorcycle. When the motorcycle is running and is being drivenforwardly, currents of air strike the foremost cylinder.

for the cylinders behind it and directs the reason the rear cylinders become over heated in .many instances. It is, therefore, a further object of my invention to provideair cooling shields whichwill direct currents of cold air onto the cylinders which are positioned to the rear of the first cylinder.

It is a further object of my invention to rovide air cooling shields-of the character set forth which are light in construction, neat in appearance and which may be readily applied to any motorcycle. Of course, it will be apparent that the design of the shields will have to be changed slightly in order to adapt the shields for use on difierent styles of motorcycles. This slight change in design will be necessary in order that the shields may be securely attached to portions of the motorcycles adjacent the cylinders. The general construction and operation of the shields, however, remains the same for all styles of motorcycles.

\Vith these and other objects in view which will be apparent from the detailed description of the device disclosed in the drawings I have shown one form which my invention may take which form is the best known to me at the present time. However it is to be understood that by this specification and the accompanying drawings-I do The first 'cylinderhowever acts as a shieldor guard;

.sary in order to decrease the width of the For this .and engine centrally on the frame.

not intend to limit myself to the specific ing :my improved air cooling shields attached thereto.

Fig. 2 isca plan view of the cylinders'and shields and showing the relative position ofthe shields to the cylinders. In this view the supporting means for the shields is shown in dotted outline.

Fig. 3 isafront view ofaportion of the .cylinders, the shields and the supporting means for the shields. p

In the drawings'l have shown my improved cooling shields attached to an ordinary four cylinder, Henderson motorcycle.

From the drawings-it will be noted that'the cylinders 5, 6, 7 and 8 are arranged in a line extending' from front to rear. This is necesextending frame member 9 above which is positioned the usual'gasoline or fuel tank. In-

:asmuch asfthese are the only-portions of the motorcycle which affect my invention further detailed description of the-motorcycle will notrbe given here.

hen the motorcycle 1s driven forwardly air currents will pass from the front to the rear of the motorcycle. These air currents will strike cylinder 5 and will be deflected outwardly thereby so that only small amounts of air currents will reach cylinders 6, 7 and 8. This results in overheating of these cylinders and my shields are intended to direct currents of air downwardly onto the cylinders 6, 7 and 8. In the drawings I have shown two shields 11 and 12 which are positioned above the cylinders as shown in- Fig. 1 and are attached to the fuel tank 10 by means of brackets 13 and 14 as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The shield 11 is positioned forwardly of the shield 12 and the forward edge of the shield 11 is positioned at a lower level than the forward edge of the shield 12. This will be clear from the front view of the device shown in Fig. 3. Each shield extends rearwardly from its point of attachment to the motorcycle and is also inclined downwardly as shown. It is also preferred to curve the shields as shown in Fig. 3 in order that they will more efliciently direct currents of air onto the cylinders.

. inders an even cooling of 7 place.

WVith shields constructed as described above the operation will beapparent. When the motorcycle is driven forwardly any air passing over the top of cylinder 5 will strike shield 11 and will be directed downwardly thereby onto cylinder 6 and also between cylinders 6 and 7. Inasmuch as the forward edge of shield 12 extends above the shield 11 air passing over the shield 11 will be directed downwardly inders 7 and 8 and between cylinders 7 and 8. The direction of air currents is indicated the arrows shown in Figs. 1' and 2. When the air is thus directed onto the cylthe cylinders takes The motorcycle will therefore operate more efliciently andthere will be no danger of burning out certain of the cylin 25 d I I 1 y WhileI have shown my improved cooling shields attached to a motorcycle it will be apparent that they maybe attachedto any air cooledengine which moves in any direction which will cause air currents to flow past the engine or may be used on any sta- V .tionary engine which may have cool a1rcurrents dlrected thereagainst. The shields are equally as applicable to any automobile engine'or to an aeroplane engine. The dis-.

7 closure herein is merely illustrative of the eneral construction and operation of my evice. V

From what has been described above the construction and operation of my lnvention will be apparent. What I claim as new and desire'to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. An air cooling device for motorcycles by shield 12 onto'cylhaving a plurality of cylinders arranged in a row extending from front to rear, which comprises a plurality of downwardly inclined shields arranged above the cylinders, and means for attaching said shields to the motor cycle, said shields each comprising a transversely extending portion and inclined portions transversely curved in cross secgaging surfaces which are so curved that they direct the air downwardlyv toward the cylinder ofthe motorcycle and inwardly toward the sides of the cylinder. 1 a 4. An air cooling device for motorcycles having affuel tank and a plurality of'cylinders positioned in a row beneath the fuel tank which comprises shields supported by said fuel tank, curved air engaging surfaces forming portions of said shields having transverse portions, and'incli'ned portions, said surfaces having their 'concave sides facing said cylinder so as to deflectors, the shields being so positioned that their rear edges are substantially at the same level and the upper edge ofthe foreform rearwardly and downwardly extending air passages and most shield is at a lower level than that of the rearmost shield.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe myname this 30th day of December, A. D. 1919. I. l

FRANCIS B. SCHREIBER. 

